MacDonald joins call to derail Black Mesa plan
By Bill Donovan
Special to the Times
WINDOW ROCK, Nov. 26, 2008
T he time has come for Peabody Coal Co. to leave Navajo land and let other companies mine and market the coal reserves it has controlled for close to 50 years, a former tribal leader said Tuesday.
“The best thing that the Navajo Nation could do is to get rid of Peabody,” said former Chairman Peter MacDonald Sr.
He made the comment when asked for his opinion on an environmental impact statement concerning Peabody’s plans for Black Mesa, where it has over 65,000 acres under lease. Read more
Big Mtn. Elder Matriarch Continues to Face ‘Federal’ Threats
Big Mountain, Black Mesa (Arizona), November 18, 2008 – A nice peaceful morning in the Dineh resistance stronghold known as Sweet Water was again disrupted by a uniformed officer from the Office of Hopi Lands. This officer who had a badge that indicated he was with the Hopi tribal police claimed he was not serving a “noticed” on behalf of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, nor the U.S. government. The small 82 year old matriarch, Pauline Whitesinger, was trying to speak in the Dineh language to the thick and tall Indian officer that cannot understand Dineh and who was ‘assigned’ to meet with (grandma) Pauline about her “unauthorized” reconstruction of a traditional earth lodge. Read more